[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12664-12665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04100]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2023-OS-0018]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) announces a proposed 
public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 1, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to Department of 
Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, ATTN: Executive Services 
Directorate, Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 03F09-
09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100, Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for Former 
Spouse Payments from Retired Pay, DD Form 2293; OMB Number 0730-0008.

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    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to provide DFAS with the basic data needed to process court orders for 
division of military retired pay as property or order alimony and child 
support payment from that retired pay per title 10 U.S.C. 1408.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 12,500.
    Number of Respondents: 25,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 25,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The respondents to this information collection are spouses or 
former spouses (herein referred to as applicant) of military members 
who access the form through the DoD forms website. The applicant 
submits through U.S. Mail Service or by fax a DD Form 2293, 
``Application for Former Spouse Payments from Retired Pay,'' to DFAS 
and a copy of a court order that requires the division of a member's 
military retired pay, or orders the member to make monthly payment of 
either child support or alimony. The information from the DD Form 2293 
is used by DFAS to process the applicant's request as authorized under 
title 10 U.S.C. 1408.
    The information is required to properly identify the former spouse 
applicant and identify the service member, whose retired pay is to be 
deducted, by name, address and social security number. The DD Form 2293 
was devised to standardize applications for payment under the Act. 
Information on the form is also used to determine the applicant's 
current status and contains the statutory required certifications the 
applicant/former spouse must make when applying for payments.
    After the application is reviewed for sufficiency, the application 
and the military member are advised whether the application will be 
honored or rejected, any further documentation needed, and if 
applicable, notifies when payments to the former spouse will be 
implemented by mail. The mail templates used to notify applicant if 
application is being honored or rejected will be submitted as part of 
the collection package.

    Dated: February 23, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-04100 Filed 2-27-23; 8:45 am]
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